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This table lists the international rankings of Zimbabwe, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Zimbabwe, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	107	30,615	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	167	16.40	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	101	2,328,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	2.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	109	333,702	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	99	330,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	70	90.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	75	12,757,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	126	$3,900,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	121	$3,400,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	58	-3.50	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	32	7.17	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	18	20.00	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	125	-$1,069,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	108	$10,900,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	20	50.1	2006
Exports	120	$3,257,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	128	24.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	16	25.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	26	83.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	97	-46.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	122	13.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	44	-0.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	71	12.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	72	28.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	109	59.40	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	138	$10,480,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	168	$2,000	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	134	$28,330,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	70	-0.30	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	130	7.30	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	15	40.40	1995
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	30	2.00	1995
Imports	117	$5,738,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	79	-3.00	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	71	1.60	2016 est.
Labor force	60	8,098,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	18	66.00	1996
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	99	10.00	1996
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	126	24.00	1996
Market value of publicly traded shares	89	$4,073,000,000	13 Apr 2015 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	6	68.00	2004
Public debt (% of GPD)	91	45.40	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	155	$326,300,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	68	$47,640,000,000	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	95	$252,100,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	104	$3,413,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of domestic credit	122	$5,055,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	128	$2,130,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	98	24.0	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	1	95.00	2009 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	83	11,000,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	84	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	96	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	78	0	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	82	8,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	46	1,200,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	76	63.2	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	60	36.8	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	81	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	52	1,100,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	84	2,200,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	76	9,700,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2014 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	99	0	1 Jan 2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	112	29,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	127	0	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	99	29,070	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	199	0	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	93	2592	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	17	162	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	78	1,735	2003
Land Area - sq km	61	386,847.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	61	3,229	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	85	42.50	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	90	10.90	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	74	39.50	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	131	18.00	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	80	0.30	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	43	31.30	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	34	961	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	172	37.60	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	61	390,757.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	119	20.00	2011
Water Area - sq km	74	3,910	NA
Military
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	22	2.94	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	62	2,720,033	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	64	2,778,806	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	43	37.80	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	65	1,536,110	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	65	1,560,833	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	15	21.29	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	75	2,346,993	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	69	2,578,142	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	177	33.86	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	92	327,483	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	119	188,851	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	197	3.55	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	97	314,777	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	103	194,933	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	174	3.50	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	33	31.90	2016 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	62	10.10	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	64	58.50	2010/11
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	29	9.90	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	116	5.30	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	24	18.70	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	32	80.40	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	29	75.00	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	92	67.3	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	83	76.9	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	29	97	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	37	32.7	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	39	23.1	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	62	3	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	57	2.50	2010
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	5	16.74	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	6	38,600	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	4	1,550,300	2014 est.
Hospital bed density	57	1.70	2011
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	61	23.60	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	66	28.10	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	65	25.90	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	138	58.70	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	135	57.30	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	134	58.00	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	56	84.60	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	56	88.50	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	74	83.60	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	14	570	2010
Median age – female (years)	138	20.80	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	132	20.50	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	139	20.60	2016 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	61	20.50	2010-11 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	55	0.00	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	114	7.00	2008
Physicians density	139	0.06	2009
Population	72	14,546,961	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	33	2.20	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	124	30.8	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	41	69.2	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	126	36.8	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	33	63.2	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	117	49.3	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	31	50.7	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	12	10	2013
School life expectancy - male (years)	11	10	2013
School life expectancy - total (years)	11	10	2013
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	15	1.02	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	21	1.02	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	16	1.10	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	54	0.58	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	49	0.64	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	12	1.03	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	19	1.01	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	41	3.50	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	101	10	2012 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	106	8	2012 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	94	8	2004 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	71	2.3	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	157	32.4	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	29	196	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	62	17	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	21	179	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	115	962,642	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	128	370,164	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	92	4	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2015
Pipelines (km)	108	270	2013
Railways (km)	53	3,427	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	62	18,481	2002
Roadways - total (km)	51	97,267	2002
Roadways - unpaved (km)	25	78,786	2002

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Zimbabwe on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Zimbabwe contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Zimbabwe should be addressed to the CIA.